I'm very glad I saw this movie when I did, even if I initially had some doubts. The chemistry between Ember and Wade was beautiful and a great example of how to tell a romantic story. I also love how they did the animation on the characteristics of each element, which especially helped in developing Ember and Wade's relationship.
"Not every movie needs to look like Spider-Verse." Thank you for acknowledging that, RaisorBlade. I'm eagerly looking forward to watching Elemental on DVD.
I love the animation on the fire, water, and air people, the powers and abilities they have are are very creative, I love how they created an entire fake language for the fire people, and I like the arc Ember goes through. Overall, not one of Pixar's best, but certainly deserving of more attention than it's currently getting.
Really loved the film, had a total blast watching it in the theater and more people should see it so that we can get more newer original movies from Pixar instead of sequels!!! Heck, why don't they consider adapting kids books into movies for a change. Dream works did it, and it has its varying results. But either way, go support the film, Wish, and Elio before the sequels come!!!
I loved the entire movie. The romance felt proper and the spoilery stuff gave it much more meaning. I actually teared up near the ending. Not a lot of things make me happy anymore so this was needed for me.
I totally agree. I actually think it's one of the better Pixars. Sweet, beautiful, good message, and inventive. I think top critics - a jaded lot - hurt this one, since parents are more likely to pay attention to critics than, say, horror fans are. Plus social media decided to pre-judge the movie for the trailer supposedly being cringe or basic or whatever.
The way I see it is while Disney itself is pretty morally corrupt, that's not the fault of the individual artists and animators, so you shouldn't feel guilty about liking any of their new stuff.
This film was amazing! It's certainly not perfect, nor Pixar's typical blockbuster... but wow, does it tell the most wholesome, genuine story I've seen in a very long time. I can't relate to being an immigrant or anything... but so what, it still told a wholesome story about a wonderful family... the dynamic between Ember and her parents, and her spiritual journey of personal growth, is just so endearing, and beautifully done. Wade's arc, though simple, is so incredibly genuine... and the story's conclusion had me nearly in tears. You can definitely see Pixar's soul shining bright through this film.
As someone who had both their grandparents immigrate, as well as me immigrating with my family when I was teen, this movie really moved me. I was honestly close to tears during the beginning because it reminded me of my grandfather who needed to sleep in cardboard for a few days when he first movie; the parts of Ember having difficulties between doing what she wanted vs helping her parents really got to me, like I remember being in the theatre kind of contemplating my life and thinking how movies are supposed to distract me and don't remind me of- MOVING ON. Yeah, the race parts made me really uncomfortable, multiple times, but after certain point I was able to see ignore that. I found the romance really cute, the beginning was kind of rough for me but I was honestly glad that instead of having a series of shenanigans to avoid having them together, they actually start dating kind of early; which was honestly refreshing. You met someone, you get along well, so you ask them out and then is when you really start building feelings; yeah that feels really grounded, specially with animated movies. Is not a perfect movie, but it's a really nice one; I do believe it deserves better than Lightyear, that definitely felt like corporate product. I just feel is ashame that they decided to show this two weeks after one of the best animated movies (in general,)
I connected with this film a lot, too. Especially the scene where Ember finally admits to herself the reason her temper is so bad is because she doesn't want to run the shop, but she never allowed herself to think about what she truly wanted because of guilt and "The only way to repay a life that big, is to give up your own." To me, that feels like the main point of the film; Don't sacrifice your life to live out someone else's. It's HER life. And Wade happened to be a really strong want.
I like this movie, the way the animation and effect work, the effect especially where nicely done. and am amazed that Disney allowed Pixar to make it this good compared to the other resent films from Disney/Pixar. Also the voice acting was good from the Latvian voice actors, especially embers voice actor did great. I'm really waiting to see it in English's when it comes out on DVD
I loved elemental so much heck I like it better than some past Pixar films yeah I said it and I don’t care I absolutely love the story and the relationship between ember and wade they are so adorable and they are my new favorite couple 😊❤️
Nice to see not every critic or reviewer hates this movie. I had no interest to see this movie due to the marketing, then on a whim decided to give it a try and boy am I glad I did! The romance totally caught me off guard but I was so thrilled to see a love story in a Pixar movie. The last one from Pixar may have been Wall-e. Sure it's not the best Pixar film but it honestly doesnt need to be. It is what it is, and it's a slice of life almost relaxing and endearing film to watch. It seems to have picked up at the box office due to word of mouth. The film will be in theaters all summer because that's how much the director and creative team believe in it. If you haven't seen it yet, go quickly and give original movies like this support! Otherwise we'll be getting Toy Story sequels and spin-offs until the end of time...
I went to see this movie with my boyfriend who is the child of two immigrants and we loved this movie. it goes without saying that this movie really spoke to both of us and our struggles. I didn't nessecarily mind the flashbacks, as I think that one of the things that comes with being an immigrant child is they tell you a lot of stories from their past. also, the scene where ember says goodbye to her dad with the very meaningful bow that her father gave to his father when he left his home made my boyfriend cry. it handled it really well and you can tell it came from a place of passion and care. overall, I really liked it.
Could Elemental in the long run be similar to Meet the Robinsons not great in the Box office when it first came out but become underappreciated to cult classic ?🤔
Elemental is so good. Easily one of the better modern Pixar movies. It was funny, heartwarming, wholesome, i liked the message and the romance was really well done. I loved the chemistry between the main characters. This screams for a Disney Plus show like Zootopia.
Agreed Even if Elemental doesn’t get a full sequel, there’s too much potential not to further explore the characters and world for a short and / or miniseries
Went to see it 3 times. Still wanting to see more. This is the few, FEW pixar movies I had done this in a long time. Last time honestly was Ratatouille, and I was seven😂
Wade and Ember are my spirit element animals….I too have a way of losing my cool and being overly emotional towards even the most smallest of mistakes.
"Not every movie needs to look like Spider-Verse." yeah while spider verse looks incredible its nice to see movies trying completely new styles of animation
I agree with you, people really need to watch this movie to support studios like Pixar that are still releasing original content unlike most of Disney's other (remake) projects. I enjoyed this movie, and I bet others would if they gave it a chance. It's so disappointing to see the state of Pixar lately with its underperforming in the box office or everything being relegated to Disney Plus
This video is fantastic everything about the Elemental movie was fabulous like the made up language for the 🔥 people, the animation, the song🎶 steal the show, the color🌈and especially the romance❤ the most also it's very great that your not like those toxic disney haters and can say how good modern disney can still makes some good content😃.
@@dawudhinton5754 It’s not just them. Dreamworks is releasing Kung Fu Panda 4 in theaters while Orion and The Dark, the actually interesting looking movie, is going on the dying platform that is Netflix.
@@firecrakerj3312Yeah, it sucks. Don't get me wrong though. Netflix has had some real bangers. They just have sucky management. Castlevania, Arcane, Inside job, cyberpunks, etc was amazing.
@@dawudhinton5754 Dogs in Space is a new favorite of mine. Real nervous that there’s no good signs of a season 3 though. But yeah, marketing seems to be the problem for everything media related.
Still Better than Lightyear! Much Better Love Story than Twilight! Still Better than Strange Worlds! Still better than the Good Dinosaur! And still better than any shit that Disney has put out! 10/10 for this movie!
@@immoderatusrex4368 I'm gonna disagree with that one. All but the worst Pixar films compare pretty well, head to head, with stand out films from the other studios, usually only edge out by real home runs like Spiderverse. Yes, even Lightyear, which I think suffers most for trying to tie it to Toy Story with that splash line at the start. What happened here was a perfect storm of competition coming to fruition all at once. Spiderverse is a more visually striking movie with a built in sequel advantage and much MUCH better marketing. And let me be clear, Spiderverse is a REALLY good film, there's no shame coming in second place with this one. Mario, likewise, had a monster IP backing it up, don't get me wrong, the Super Mario Movie is fine, but it would not have gotten remotely those numbers if it had been an original illumination IP. And Ruby Gilman is doing the rounds right now and doing even WORSE than Elemental and proving that the TLW was not part of some new unified creative vision. Though to be fair, it's floundering 'HA!' on a much more modest budget.
@@immoderatusrex4368no what happened was those damn toxic dreamworks fans got everybody else riled up mainly Sony fans and since spider verse came out it made it look bad.😡😑🙄😤
@@Dr.Oofers Strange World had some interesting ideas, and I didn't hate it, but it was deeply weird seeing that it was a Disney animation project. I mean, when I saw it up on Disney Plus I assumed it was something they'd gotten out of an acquisition. Though I'd say the biggest problem for a lot of these animation projects recently has been their price tag. If Elemental could have been made on Teenage Kraken's budget, and has still done the numbers it's doing, it would probably wind up being a modest success. But no, it's a 200 million dollar project. Just like Strange World was a 200 million dollar project. I mean, I know they worked up some new particle model for Elemental, but still . . .
Well, Thinking of Pixar, let's Hope that their Future Projects be Also Good: - Win or Lose (Series); - Elio (Movie); - Inside Out 2 (Movie); - Inside Out (Series); - Toy Story 5 (Movie. I Hope it is Made to actually Fix the Ending of the 4th Movie).
@@cranium_xii Same!! I've always wanted a WALL-E 2 and see how earth was returning back to normal after the humans returned back. However most people argue that WALL-E doesn't need a sequel since the movie ended it off on a good note and any other storyline after that would just be forced and lame. I get that view but still I want more WALL-E maybe give us a prequel movie or a spin off or a Disney+ series like how they did it with Cars: On The Road
My parents were immigrant, asian immigrants, no less. The idea of repaying one’s debt to their parents and continuing on their dreams hits close to home, especially as, like Ember, my dream career is in the arts and might not guarantee good pay. They gave up so much, worked so hard to give us opportunity. When i was small, my father would repeat to me how it was such an honor that i was born American. They grew up poor. There’s a lot of guilt laid upon immigrant children, especially second generation. But as time moved on, i grew to learn that the dream was not for me to be everything they didn’t get to be. They just wanted to know i’ll be ok. I think thats a very sweet narrative for elemental. I think divorcing it from our real life identities allows the creators to explore a story without dabbling in the specific racial elements. And i feel like, similar to turning red, only people in the know will really identify with message of this story. Not to point fingers, but….schaffrillas. But that’s ok. Not all movies click with everyone. This was an immigrant story-and immigrants will obviously find themselves seen in the characters. Other than that, its cute and a visual treat. Fun movie, and i found tge more grounded and diwn to earth story a nice change of pace. I use stories to process my own trauma and grief, and the chiller narratives are often more helpful than the grand epics.
I would argue about that Zootopia criticism because yes, predators need to eat prey in order to survive in the REAL world, but it’s established early on in the movie that it was all during prehistoric times in this FICTIONAL universe, and we’re never told that predators still need to eat prey for survival in the modern era as they seem to live perfectly fine side by side without any food problems, so I still think they handled it well in my opinion. Ps I’m still going to see Elemental even if it doesn’t come out in the UK until early July. I’m also highly interested in the Barbie movie as well.
This, plus they purposely used only mammals as to simplify the themes, which also leaves to interpretation for the alternatives they have. Canonically they have fish and bugs, but until the sequel proves me wrong they also have reptiles, birds and amphibians. (hopefully it doesn't happen, I think it's kinda late to introduce sapient non mammals without destroying the whole theme of zootopia as a city and as a movie)
On the topic of Romance weakening female characters, crotchety old man Miyazaki said it best. 'A heroin does not need a hero. A friend and companion, yes, someone to share the burden, to learn from, and to help, but not a savior.' There's nothing wrong with Romance so long as it doesn't subsume a protagonist into the orbit of her partner. A shared life, yes, but not a subservient one. I think Elemental did that pretty well, honestly. Wade is not a heroic figure in any sense of the word, and he screws up and causes Ember distress as well. At the same time, he does 'man-up' for Ember without becoming a completely different person. Rather, he toughens up for the sake of somebody he cares about.
I liked it as well, you honestly read my thoughts. Plus, I feel like because the romance in this movie reminded me a lot of my relationship with my girlfriend, it felt more personal
Wow! I'm So Happy that You and Most of the People Actually Liked this Movie. Sincerely, This is the Movie I was Most Hyped to see in my Life. Thanks Again for the Review, RaisorBlade!!
This is by far one of the only movie to make me cry in the theater and on top of that, it’s fresh, romantic and it’s magical. Also, the fact that people still look down upon interracial relationships makes me relate even more, but most of all, I never related to a character so much like I did with ember (mostly because I’m a fire sign).
I think that this movie is indeed about race but i dont know why its hated because its putting out a good message that no matter what differences you have wether you are white, black, hispanic, asian, etc. You can always still be together. Also this dosent only just go along with race it can be things like a rich person can still be together with a poor person just as an example
Also fun fact Raisorblade this is Pixar's second romance movie since wall-e in 2008. I agreed with you about elemental being good and I could relate to you. This movie is my favorite Pixar movie. Raisorblade your amazing. 10/10👍💖
I Feel Bad for *All* the People that Worked on this Great Movie for *7 Years* to this become "Pixar's Lowest Movie Debut". I Hope It Gets Better in the Next Weeks.
I think the bow part at least was well-placed in the movie. Like Ember just realized that she didn't want to take over her dad's shop and he just comes in and drops one big oof by revealing this extra thing which makes it harder for Ember to tell him that she doesn't want to run the shop.
Yeah I’m seeing this again this weekend. Say what you will about this movie but I refuse to let it get beat out by The Flash with Ezra “Hollywood is shielding me from the consequences of my actions” Miller.
Elemental is definitely Turning Red tier a movie that got shit but is actually a lot of fun. I enjoyed it from start to finish, but I do feel like some parts could have be trimmed and other parts could have gotten more expanding.
Fun fact: the ending of this movie originally was gonna feature ember and wade having a baby made of steam but it didn’t end up getting used in the end credits just to make the main two leads explore their own adventures
I feel bad that this movie didn’t do so well on it’s opening weekend, I honestly blame the marketing and how people were so quick to judge it. I get that people were skeptical when they heard Peter Shon was directing it because of the Good Dinosaur, but I still had faith in the movie. Plus knowing that The Good Dinosaur had a troubled production history and that higher ups just threw to Peter, I think he did a good job with The Good Dinosaur. And this is an unpopular opinion but I think The Good Dinosaur is a pretty nice movie, it’s not the best movie that came out of Pixar’s library, but I still think it’s a pretty good film and doesn’t really deserve all the hate it gets. And this is just MY OPINION.
... yeah, a sh*tty opinion. 😜 I'm joking, of course: if there's a reason why we all love Raisorblade's channel, after all, it's we can all share freely our thoughts about any movie without being roasted; just to say, I think Peter Pan & Wendy was a really nice movie, and feel pretty safe to say it here. Outside... well, not as much. 😅
2:34 Im gonna defend that escene. It’s important because shows how ember reacts angry from most moments because she can’t accept her real feelings appart gives Wade a moment to care about Ember and see more of her. Also he takes her to become her childhood dream, so also shows how Wade is so interested in her
I remember when I first saw teasers for the movie and was one of the only people who wanted to see it during the near start of its release in theaters. I had heard not great things at first like the e movie being a flop, but I didn’t care. It looked cute. And Not only was I right, I was also caught off guard by how much better of a movie it is than what people thought it was going to be
Moral of this video: There are good movies and there are bad movies. And just because a movie studio like Pixar made a bad movie or a mid movie doesn't mean they'll never recover. Not every project is perfect and it shows that Pixar can learn from their mistakes to make better movies, unlike Disney, in which nowadays focus on creating terrible live action remakes and movies that pander to SJWs.
I fully agree with everything you said. It's a good movie and doesn't deserve the ridiculous amount of hate it's getting. The worst of it comes from the Non-binary character they snuck in there and has literally no impact on the plot asides from some world dressing. While i don't care for movies that throw that overblown crap in your face as if it's special or something, the same can be said for people who latch on to this insignificant part of the move and act like it's a the literal devil or that the movie revolves around it. I almost feel like that character was forced into the movie due to some mandate given how quickly they brush over it. I didn't even notice the first time around and i had to watch it again and pay close attention to the part where that character shows up and i still almost missed it. Otherwise, I felt pretty good seeing an actual romance from Pixar/disney again. It felt incredibly refreshing. reminded me very heavily of the 90's disney movies and their romances.
I think the movie looks cute, is it generic? yeah kinda. Is it bad? nah far from it, especially knowing the message behind the director. I think its a okay movie to watch with your kids, doesnt gain any awards but its not awful, better then the good dino for sure. gets to much hate, also it was a bad idea releasing it on june it has way to much competition
I am so tired of this vitriol towards Disney. People blowing off this movie while simping hard for Black Ariel is just infuriating. It also doesn’t help that Luca and Turning Red got tossed onto Streaming yet Lightyear which was boring as hell and had fuck tons of merchandise (still sitting in stores) it’s just makes me bang my head.
I just found it boring myself. There was just nothing interesting about the planet or the characters. It also just felt like it was originally just a standard sci Fi movie with Buzz slapped in for brand recognition. Especially when “Buzz Lightyear of Star Command” was right there. Funny how that isn’t on Disney Plus.
I'd say the reason this movie bombed was the atrocious marketing making it seem generic has hell and boring haven't seen it yet but i would more blame the marketing more than the audience personally
Honestly when I went to see it in theaters, I expected it to be a completely different movie. I was pleasantly surprised of what it actually is though!
Ok now you need to review nimona and ruby gillman Also june is pretty good month for animation fan considering 4 animated movies got released last month and made by different studios Elemental = pixer Spider man across the spider verse = sony animation Ruby gillman = dreamworks Nimona = originally by blue sky but the studio is now dead but netflix save that movie ( thank god because that movie was so good )
It was good for animation fans, but terrible for the animation studios. Too much competition for limited cinema BUX. Honestly, I think Elemental could have come out during a lull and done much better. It's a relatively slow paced, but very pretty, movie with relatively modest action,.
The main bit of criticism I’m seeing is that the movie is ‘boring’. Made me fall asleep… my kid was restless… etc. The trailer.. pretty accurately showed what the movie’s tone was? A romantic comedy? Not once did I feel bored.
It's okay. Not an animated move that I will think about after it ends (at least in a good way), but definitely not a bad movie like the trailers made it out to be. This movie is totally deserving of a stream, but I can't endorse it as something you should watch in theaters as it's just not worth the cost. [Spoilers] No matter how they try to show that the fire elements are discriminated against, they just keep showing that it is justified due to the fact that they are literal fire. And Ember and Wade being able to touch because they "changed each other's chemistry" by touching once is extremely contrived and shows that they just couldn't find a way for them to physically touch without just declaring it. You can't use a throwaway line like "we changed our chemistry when we touched" to resolve your main plot point.
On your critique, normal elements also aren't sapient amorphous humanoids, so I'm willing to cut a little slack for the fundamental conceit of the film. Though I do agree, some of the dialogue was excessive and very on the nose for no real reason. It's going to be self evident to the audience why Wade and Ember's relationship is a struggle. And honestly, it didn't really need to be explained. We know Wade is a wimp (he can tough it out, when he cares, but he's kinda apathetic by default) and Ember CAN control her temper and thus her temperature . . . So the reason they can touch should really just be . . . because they accommodate each other. They take care not to hurt each other. Like in a relationship. Heck, we even see that touching isn't trivial for them. Wade's body is visibly boiling when he holds Ember's hand. Wade can still be evaporated and Ember can still be snuffed out. It's not some love conquers all magic. It's just love.
Not only was the twist painfully predictable, it also makes no sense. The movie already established that elements can harm each other. Water extinguishes fire. Fire burns the earth people. Fire evaporates water. So can they only touch each other for a short period of time without hurting each other?
It feels way too long since we could say Disney made a movie that we can consider good. Here’s hoping we can keep that going for a little longer with Wish
I saw elemental just a few days ago I honestly really like it. The romance was great. And the music was pretty good and it was pretty funny. I would give it an 7.5 out of 10. And I will defnietly say it got done dirty with the marketing.
Yeah, and Disney sure doesn't look like they care to do anything but double-down on the romance-adverse GurlBoss leads anytime soon with Snow White apparently being actively afraid of giving the Prince anything to do at all. It's really sad because tbh, a lot of people (myself included) like romance and yeah I DID aspire in part to have a partner one day. I wanted a career and hobbies too, but did wanting a happy, settled life with a partner mean I was suddenly antifeminist and outdated? I sure af hope not. But according to current Disney philosophy, I may as well be a TradWife for finding some personal fulfillment *with* someone else.
I'm watching every review of Elemental possible to figure out whether or not I just like the movie or love it because I watched it yesterday and already want to watch it again Send help
I’m looking forward to seeing it. I always thought the discourse against the movie was stupid. I get annoyed when people make assumptions about movies before seeing them especially after seeing their trailers. Sometimes it can be warranted. *Cough* 2016 Ghostbusters! *Cough* But, at other times, it can be tedious and cringey. Edit: I haven’t seen the 2016 Ghostbusters movie but the trailers for the movie always sucked.
I gotta be honest. I really hope they decide to make some kind of Disney Channel spin off or sequel series to this. I just saw this movie, and while recent Pixar movies have been okay to me, I have not had this much love for a Pixar story since the golden years of Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc, and Finding Nemo. I'm not even joking. I truly view this movie in the same light as those movies. You'd be surprised at how much I'm a sucker for animated love stories, which are my favorite kind of animated movies, and while what they did in this movie is cliche, it felt like something you'd never expect from a Pixar film. I've never really seen them handle romance in a similar fashion as the main Disney studio does with their movies, but wow, did the romance in this movie blow me away to the point i would really love to see a continuation of the story to see they're relationship grow. They could even set the series within the months before they even have to leave Element City, but after seeing this movie I would just love to see these characters again.
Yes....after a shaky start, Elemental is now doing rather well and has left many RUclips who jumped on it's apparent "failure" with ill-disguised glee with a lot of egg on their faces!
Waited until this movie came out on Disney plus to watch it dusa Disney promoting it so badly had to cuz this instantly became one of my favorite animated romances. There were some minor issues with the world-building but I think most of those minor issues could have been flushed out if the movies run time had been just a little bit longer to better explain a few things unfortunately that would have meant a bigger budget which there is no way Disney was going to give to this movie. Pros definitely outweigh the cons in this movie though.
I think the reason why people didn’t like Turning Red is because it focused too much on the realistic part in the story and less on the fantastical elements
It was refreshing to see like genuine love between two characters- and the cute comments Wade made had me crying. I love him and his Fire wife
I'm now just realizing that we don't see many animated rom-coms that aren't fairytale movies (Disney Animation, the Shrek franchise, etc)
@@Nobody-jh4lnwhy’d they cut it out?
I'm very glad I saw this movie when I did, even if I initially had some doubts. The chemistry between Ember and Wade was beautiful and a great example of how to tell a romantic story. I also love how they did the animation on the characteristics of each element, which especially helped in developing Ember and Wade's relationship.
"Not every movie needs to look like Spider-Verse." Thank you for acknowledging that, RaisorBlade. I'm eagerly looking forward to watching Elemental on DVD.
I love the animation on the fire, water, and air people, the powers and abilities they have are are very creative, I love how they created an entire fake language for the fire people, and I like the arc Ember goes through. Overall, not one of Pixar's best, but certainly deserving of more attention than it's currently getting.
And also the Earth People, that if you take a Close Look, *they are actually made of very little grains.*
Of which they don't really do anything with
Really loved the film, had a total blast watching it in the theater and more people should see it so that we can get more newer original movies from Pixar instead of sequels!!! Heck, why don't they consider adapting kids books into movies for a change. Dream works did it, and it has its varying results. But either way, go support the film, Wish, and Elio before the sequels come!!!
Wish is looking really good. that's the only trailer that's caught my attention lately.
I loved the entire movie. The romance felt proper and the spoilery stuff gave it much more meaning. I actually teared up near the ending. Not a lot of things make me happy anymore so this was needed for me.
I totally agree. I actually think it's one of the better Pixars. Sweet, beautiful, good message, and inventive. I think top critics - a jaded lot - hurt this one, since parents are more likely to pay attention to critics than, say, horror fans are. Plus social media decided to pre-judge the movie for the trailer supposedly being cringe or basic or whatever.
I’m glad you’re not like all of these toxic Disney hatebrats and that you can at least admit that modern Disney still makes SOME good content.
The way I see it is while Disney itself is pretty morally corrupt, that's not the fault of the individual artists and animators, so you shouldn't feel guilty about liking any of their new stuff.
@@PIB2000Yeah, you can separate art from the artist
It's pixar
@@wutrump4329 Still part of Disney.
@wutrump4329 Pixar is owned by Disney. Disney isn't a single company, it's an entire conglomerate. So Pixar movies ARE Disney movies.
This film was amazing! It's certainly not perfect, nor Pixar's typical blockbuster... but wow, does it tell the most wholesome, genuine story I've seen in a very long time. I can't relate to being an immigrant or anything... but so what, it still told a wholesome story about a wonderful family... the dynamic between Ember and her parents, and her spiritual journey of personal growth, is just so endearing, and beautifully done. Wade's arc, though simple, is so incredibly genuine... and the story's conclusion had me nearly in tears. You can definitely see Pixar's soul shining bright through this film.
As someone who had both their grandparents immigrate, as well as me immigrating with my family when I was teen, this movie really moved me.
I was honestly close to tears during the beginning because it reminded me of my grandfather who needed to sleep in cardboard for a few days when he first movie; the parts of Ember having difficulties between doing what she wanted vs helping her parents really got to me, like I remember being in the theatre kind of contemplating my life and thinking how movies are supposed to distract me and don't remind me of-
MOVING ON.
Yeah, the race parts made me really uncomfortable, multiple times, but after certain point I was able to see ignore that.
I found the romance really cute, the beginning was kind of rough for me but I was honestly glad that instead of having a series of shenanigans to avoid having them together, they actually start dating kind of early; which was honestly refreshing.
You met someone, you get along well, so you ask them out and then is when you really start building feelings; yeah that feels really grounded, specially with animated movies.
Is not a perfect movie, but it's a really nice one; I do believe it deserves better than Lightyear, that definitely felt like corporate product.
I just feel is ashame that they decided to show this two weeks after one of the best animated movies (in general,)
I connected with this film a lot, too. Especially the scene where Ember finally admits to herself the reason her temper is so bad is because she doesn't want to run the shop, but she never allowed herself to think about what she truly wanted because of guilt and "The only way to repay a life that big, is to give up your own." To me, that feels like the main point of the film; Don't sacrifice your life to live out someone else's. It's HER life. And Wade happened to be a really strong want.
I like this movie, the way the animation and effect work, the effect especially where nicely done. and am amazed that Disney allowed Pixar to make it this good compared to the other resent films from Disney/Pixar. Also the voice acting was good from the Latvian voice actors, especially embers voice actor did great. I'm really waiting to see it in English's when it comes out on DVD
I thought “Luca” was visually stunning and “Elemental”.
I love the song in the movie ‘Steal The Show by Lauv’ it’s sooo fitting for the romance scenes
Indeed it really does😍.
The tone of that song reminds me of Post Malone’s Chemical from the Austin album
With a film good as this it didn't deserve to be a box office flop
It actually made a massive comeback
I loved elemental so much heck I like it better than some past Pixar films yeah I said it and I don’t care I absolutely love the story and the relationship between ember and wade they are so adorable and they are my new favorite couple 😊❤️
Nice to see not every critic or reviewer hates this movie. I had no interest to see this movie due to the marketing, then on a whim decided to give it a try and boy am I glad I did! The romance totally caught me off guard but I was so thrilled to see a love story in a Pixar movie. The last one from Pixar may have been Wall-e.
Sure it's not the best Pixar film but it honestly doesnt need to be. It is what it is, and it's a slice of life almost relaxing and endearing film to watch.
It seems to have picked up at the box office due to word of mouth. The film will be in theaters all summer because that's how much the director and creative team believe in it. If you haven't seen it yet, go quickly and give original movies like this support! Otherwise we'll be getting Toy Story sequels and spin-offs until the end of time...
Wow! Even Water and Fire make a *MUCH* Better Romance than Twilight.
I went to see this movie with my boyfriend who is the child of two immigrants and we loved this movie. it goes without saying that this movie really spoke to both of us and our struggles. I didn't nessecarily mind the flashbacks, as I think that one of the things that comes with being an immigrant child is they tell you a lot of stories from their past. also, the scene where ember says goodbye to her dad with the very meaningful bow that her father gave to his father when he left his home made my boyfriend cry. it handled it really well and you can tell it came from a place of passion and care. overall, I really liked it.
I knew that this movie was going to be good,despite being a box office bomb
Me too totally 😃.
Could Elemental in the long run be similar to Meet the Robinsons not great in the Box office when it first came out but become underappreciated to cult classic ?🤔
Highly possible
@@Dr.Oofers 'The Signs Point to Yes'
More seriously, it's still doing considerably better than poor Teenage Kraken . . .
Elemental is so good. Easily one of the better modern Pixar movies. It was funny, heartwarming, wholesome, i liked the message and the romance was really well done. I loved the chemistry between the main characters.
This screams for a Disney Plus show like Zootopia.
Agreed
Even if Elemental doesn’t get a full sequel, there’s too much potential not to further explore the characters and world for a short and / or miniseries
I found this movie to be painfully mid.
Went to see it 3 times. Still wanting to see more. This is the few, FEW pixar movies I had done this in a long time. Last time honestly was Ratatouille, and I was seven😂
same. iam just waiting for it to stream in some website
BEST MOVIE EVER 😭🥰💖
Wade and Ember are my spirit element animals….I too have a way of losing my cool and being overly emotional towards even the most smallest of mistakes.
"Not every movie needs to look like Spider-Verse." yeah while spider verse looks incredible its nice to see movies trying completely new styles of animation
I agree with you, people really need to watch this movie to support studios like Pixar that are still releasing original content unlike most of Disney's other (remake) projects. I enjoyed this movie, and I bet others would if they gave it a chance. It's so disappointing to see the state of Pixar lately with its underperforming in the box office or everything being relegated to Disney Plus
I would had if I had the money
It's no Zootopia, but it's better than Lightyear and Strange World. And that's what matters.
This video is fantastic everything about the Elemental movie was fabulous like the made up language for the 🔥 people, the animation, the song🎶 steal the show, the color🌈and especially the romance❤ the most also it's very great that your not like those toxic disney haters and can say how good modern disney can still makes some good content😃.
This movie was really adorable and I’m actually happy that even though it’s not doing well in the box office, people still find it good.
Abysmal marketing. Disney doesn't care about new IP. Only investing in remakes they know will make money.
@@dawudhinton5754 It’s not just them. Dreamworks is releasing Kung Fu Panda 4 in theaters while Orion and The Dark, the actually interesting looking movie, is going on the dying platform that is Netflix.
@@firecrakerj3312Yeah, it sucks. Don't get me wrong though. Netflix has had some real bangers. They just have sucky management. Castlevania, Arcane, Inside job, cyberpunks, etc was amazing.
@@dawudhinton5754 Dogs in Space is a new favorite of mine. Real nervous that there’s no good signs of a season 3 though. But yeah, marketing seems to be the problem for everything media related.
@@firecrakerj3312 Oh, yeah that's a good one. That cliffhanger sucked.
Still Better than Lightyear!
Much Better Love Story than Twilight!
Still Better than Strange Worlds!
Still better than the Good Dinosaur!
And still better than any shit that Disney has put out!
10/10 for this movie!
I Could Not Agree More!! :)
Good Dinosaur and LIghtyear are excellent movies!
Those aren’t really high bars though.
Luca: *is average*
Audience: 😄
Elemental: *is also average*
Audience: 😡
Is just people are tired of average Pixar movies, one okay, two oh well, three mmm :/ and on and on, Pixar were The best now they are part of the rest
@@immoderatusrex4368 I'm gonna disagree with that one. All but the worst Pixar films compare pretty well, head to head, with stand out films from the other studios, usually only edge out by real home runs like Spiderverse. Yes, even Lightyear, which I think suffers most for trying to tie it to Toy Story with that splash line at the start.
What happened here was a perfect storm of competition coming to fruition all at once.
Spiderverse is a more visually striking movie with a built in sequel advantage and much MUCH better marketing. And let me be clear, Spiderverse is a REALLY good film, there's no shame coming in second place with this one. Mario, likewise, had a monster IP backing it up, don't get me wrong, the Super Mario Movie is fine, but it would not have gotten remotely those numbers if it had been an original illumination IP.
And Ruby Gilman is doing the rounds right now and doing even WORSE than Elemental and proving that the TLW was not part of some new unified creative vision. Though to be fair, it's floundering 'HA!' on a much more modest budget.
@@immoderatusrex4368no what happened was those damn toxic dreamworks fans got everybody else riled up mainly Sony fans and since spider verse came out it made it look bad.😡😑🙄😤
Animation looks great!
This movie needs a sequel, and it not be like inside out that took 9 years, no. Get the sequel in less than 4 years please
If they ever do a sequel, we need more elements like ice and electric
It's sad this film was given terrible marketing. Thanks for giving it good attention. Nice of you 👍
Agreed.
At least they marketed it better than they did with Strange World.
@@meta527IIStrange world was kinda eh, to be fair.
@@Dr.Oofers Agreed.
@@Dr.Oofers Strange World had some interesting ideas, and I didn't hate it, but it was deeply weird seeing that it was a Disney animation project.
I mean, when I saw it up on Disney Plus I assumed it was something they'd gotten out of an acquisition.
Though I'd say the biggest problem for a lot of these animation projects recently has been their price tag. If Elemental could have been made on Teenage Kraken's budget, and has still done the numbers it's doing, it would probably wind up being a modest success.
But no, it's a 200 million dollar project. Just like Strange World was a 200 million dollar project. I mean, I know they worked up some new particle model for Elemental, but still . . .
Joe Pera is in this movie. 10/10, absolute masterpiece.
Well, Thinking of Pixar, let's Hope that their Future Projects be Also Good:
- Win or Lose (Series);
- Elio (Movie);
- Inside Out 2 (Movie);
- Inside Out (Series);
- Toy Story 5 (Movie. I Hope it is Made to actually Fix the Ending of the 4th Movie).
I wanna see WALL·E 2 idk why they haven't made it. Did someone die?
@@cranium_xii Same!! I've always wanted a WALL-E 2 and see how earth was returning back to normal after the humans returned back. However most people argue that WALL-E doesn't need a sequel since the movie ended it off on a good note and any other storyline after that would just be forced and lame. I get that view but still I want more WALL-E maybe give us a prequel movie or a spin off or a Disney+ series like how they did it with Cars: On The Road
I’m excited for Win or Lose the most. The concept looks really fun. Elio looks cool too. I hope Inside Out 2 will be good.
@@onepresence9460Didn't win or lose got canceled? At least that's what I'm seeing when I search.
My parents were immigrant, asian immigrants, no less. The idea of repaying one’s debt to their parents and continuing on their dreams hits close to home, especially as, like Ember, my dream career is in the arts and might not guarantee good pay. They gave up so much, worked so hard to give us opportunity. When i was small, my father would repeat to me how it was such an honor that i was born American. They grew up poor. There’s a lot of guilt laid upon immigrant children, especially second generation.
But as time moved on, i grew to learn that the dream was not for me to be everything they didn’t get to be. They just wanted to know i’ll be ok. I think thats a very sweet narrative for elemental. I think divorcing it from our real life identities allows the creators to explore a story without dabbling in the specific racial elements.
And i feel like, similar to turning red, only people in the know will really identify with message of this story. Not to point fingers, but….schaffrillas. But that’s ok. Not all movies click with everyone. This was an immigrant story-and immigrants will obviously find themselves seen in the characters.
Other than that, its cute and a visual treat. Fun movie, and i found tge more grounded and diwn to earth story a nice change of pace. I use stories to process my own trauma and grief, and the chiller narratives are often more helpful than the grand epics.
I would argue about that Zootopia criticism because yes, predators need to eat prey in order to survive in the REAL world, but it’s established early on in the movie that it was all during prehistoric times in this FICTIONAL universe, and we’re never told that predators still need to eat prey for survival in the modern era as they seem to live perfectly fine side by side without any food problems, so I still think they handled it well in my opinion.
Ps I’m still going to see Elemental even if it doesn’t come out in the UK until early July. I’m also highly interested in the Barbie movie as well.
This, plus they purposely used only mammals as to simplify the themes, which also leaves to interpretation for the alternatives they have. Canonically they have fish and bugs, but until the sequel proves me wrong they also have reptiles, birds and amphibians. (hopefully it doesn't happen, I think it's kinda late to introduce sapient non mammals without destroying the whole theme of zootopia as a city and as a movie)
On the topic of Romance weakening female characters, crotchety old man Miyazaki said it best. 'A heroin does not need a hero. A friend and companion, yes, someone to share the burden, to learn from, and to help, but not a savior.'
There's nothing wrong with Romance so long as it doesn't subsume a protagonist into the orbit of her partner. A shared life, yes, but not a subservient one.
I think Elemental did that pretty well, honestly. Wade is not a heroic figure in any sense of the word, and he screws up and causes Ember distress as well. At the same time, he does 'man-up' for Ember without becoming a completely different person. Rather, he toughens up for the sake of somebody he cares about.
Finally Someone that actually agrees with me
This movie was amazing the marketing did it dirty ast
It is 100% good! Thanks for being a voice of reason
Osmosis Jones and Flame Princess make a great couple!
*Fun Fact:* Coincidentally, Peter Sohn, the Director of Elemental, also Worked in Osmosis Jones.
Sharkboy and Lavagirl 2 lookin fire/water I guess
If only I knew how to drive a car and own my money then I would be glad to watch it every day in theaters until they stop showing it.
I liked it as well, you honestly read my thoughts. Plus, I feel like because the romance in this movie reminded me a lot of my relationship with my girlfriend, it felt more personal
Wow! I'm So Happy that You and Most of the People Actually Liked this Movie.
Sincerely, This is the Movie I was Most Hyped to see in my Life.
Thanks Again for the Review, RaisorBlade!!
Is anyone gonna talk about the music Steal the Show it is such a good song
I ❤ to talk about the song🎶 it was fabulous🤩 to hear it.
Yeah I agree
I saw elemental the day before my birthday and I loved it! Wade's my favorite character! :)
This is by far one of the only movie to make me cry in the theater and on top of that, it’s fresh, romantic and it’s magical. Also, the fact that people still look down upon interracial relationships makes me relate even more, but most of all, I never related to a character so much like I did with ember (mostly because I’m a fire sign).
I think that this movie is indeed about race but i dont know why its hated because its putting out a good message that no matter what differences you have wether you are white, black, hispanic, asian, etc. You can always still be together. Also this dosent only just go along with race it can be things like a rich person can still be together with a poor person just as an example
Also fun fact Raisorblade this is Pixar's second romance movie since wall-e in 2008. I agreed with you about elemental being good and I could relate to you. This movie is my favorite Pixar movie. Raisorblade your amazing. 10/10👍💖
I Feel Bad for *All* the People that Worked on this Great Movie for *7 Years* to this become "Pixar's Lowest Movie Debut".
I Hope It Gets Better in the Next Weeks.
I personally loved Elemental. 😊
I think the bow part at least was well-placed in the movie. Like Ember just realized that she didn't want to take over her dad's shop and he just comes in and drops one big oof by revealing this extra thing which makes it harder for Ember to tell him that she doesn't want to run the shop.
Yeah I’m seeing this again this weekend. Say what you will about this movie but I refuse to let it get beat out by The Flash with Ezra “Hollywood is shielding me from the consequences of my actions” Miller.
Pixar is still good at making unique films, and it sucks Disney's reputations is ruining them now.
Elemental is definitely Turning Red tier a movie that got shit but is actually a lot of fun. I enjoyed it from start to finish, but I do feel like some parts could have be trimmed and other parts could have gotten more expanding.
The main problem with the movie was the advertisement
Fun fact: the ending of this movie originally was gonna feature ember and wade having a baby made of steam but it didn’t end up getting used in the end credits just to make the main two leads explore their own adventures
The Question Is: *How This Fits in The Pixar Theory?!*
4:58 thank you!!!!
I feel bad that this movie didn’t do so well on it’s opening weekend, I honestly blame the marketing and how people were so quick to judge it.
I get that people were skeptical when they heard Peter Shon was directing it because of the Good Dinosaur, but I still had faith in the movie. Plus knowing that The Good Dinosaur had a troubled production history and that higher ups just threw to Peter, I think he did a good job with The Good Dinosaur. And this is an unpopular opinion but I think The Good Dinosaur is a pretty nice movie, it’s not the best movie that came out of Pixar’s library, but I still think it’s a pretty good film and doesn’t really deserve all the hate it gets. And this is just MY OPINION.
... yeah, a sh*tty opinion. 😜
I'm joking, of course: if there's a reason why we all love Raisorblade's channel, after all, it's we can all share freely our thoughts about any movie without being roasted; just to say, I think Peter Pan & Wendy was a really nice movie, and feel pretty safe to say it here. Outside... well, not as much. 😅
@@kronk2.094 haha. Indeed.
So glad you mentioned the music of this film, literally listened to it after watching the film. sooo good
*Insert Sonic Boom: Fire And Ice Joke or even Shoto Jokes Here saying that "Fire And Ice Can't Get Along"*
2:34 Im gonna defend that escene.
It’s important because shows how ember reacts angry from most moments because she can’t accept her real feelings appart gives Wade a moment to care about Ember and see more of her.
Also he takes her to become her childhood dream, so also shows how Wade is so interested in her
The thing is, by now, everything carrying Disney/Pixar logo gets overhated because... well, it's Disney, I guess.
I remember when I first saw teasers for the movie and was one of the only people who wanted to see it during the near start of its release in theaters. I had heard not great things at first like the e movie being a flop, but I didn’t care. It looked cute. And Not only was I right, I was also caught off guard by how much better of a movie it is than what people thought it was going to be
This film Definitely worth a watch &
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Moral of this video: There are good movies and there are bad movies. And just because a movie studio like Pixar made a bad movie or a mid movie doesn't mean they'll never recover. Not every project is perfect and it shows that Pixar can learn from their mistakes to make better movies, unlike Disney, in which nowadays focus on creating terrible live action remakes and movies that pander to SJWs.
Wish better be good
Good job. I loved it, saw it 9 times and each one was fresh. Might make $, worldwide August 20 $400mil+. Made money.
I fully agree with everything you said. It's a good movie and doesn't deserve the ridiculous amount of hate it's getting. The worst of it comes from the Non-binary character they snuck in there and has literally no impact on the plot asides from some world dressing. While i don't care for movies that throw that overblown crap in your face as if it's special or something, the same can be said for people who latch on to this insignificant part of the move and act like it's a the literal devil or that the movie revolves around it. I almost feel like that character was forced into the movie due to some mandate given how quickly they brush over it.
I didn't even notice the first time around and i had to watch it again and pay close attention to the part where that character shows up and i still almost missed it.
Otherwise, I felt pretty good seeing an actual romance from Pixar/disney again. It felt incredibly refreshing. reminded me very heavily of the 90's disney movies and their romances.
I think the movie looks cute, is it generic? yeah kinda. Is it bad? nah far from it, especially knowing the message behind the director. I think its a okay movie to watch with your kids, doesnt gain any awards but its not awful, better then the good dino for sure. gets to much hate, also it was a bad idea releasing it on june it has way to much competition
I am so tired of this vitriol towards Disney. People blowing off this movie while simping hard for Black Ariel is just infuriating. It also doesn’t help that Luca and Turning Red got tossed onto Streaming yet Lightyear which was boring as hell and had fuck tons of merchandise (still sitting in stores) it’s just makes me bang my head.
How Lightyear is boring?
I just found it boring myself. There was just nothing interesting about the planet or the characters. It also just felt like it was originally just a standard sci Fi movie with Buzz slapped in for brand recognition. Especially when “Buzz Lightyear of Star Command” was right there. Funny how that isn’t on Disney Plus.
Tbh, I was wondering why everyone started hating right away even though they didn't know anything about it.
That guy in the interview is wearing my favorite teeturtle t-shirt! Grumpy bunny saying it's too early please stop talking. Classic.
I'd say the reason this movie bombed was the atrocious marketing making it seem generic has hell and boring haven't seen it yet but i would more blame the marketing more than the audience personally
Honestly when I went to see it in theaters, I expected it to be a completely different movie. I was pleasantly surprised of what it actually is though!
When i watched this movie, i had heard so much bad about it that i thought i was just being weird when i actually likes it
Romance makes me feel left out.
Ok now you need to review nimona and ruby gillman
Also june is pretty good month for animation fan considering 4 animated movies got released last month and made by different studios
Elemental = pixer
Spider man across the spider verse = sony animation
Ruby gillman = dreamworks
Nimona = originally by blue sky but the studio is now dead but netflix save that movie ( thank god because that movie was so good )
It was good for animation fans, but terrible for the animation studios. Too much competition for limited cinema BUX.
Honestly, I think Elemental could have come out during a lull and done much better. It's a relatively slow paced, but very pretty, movie with relatively modest action,.
I enjoyed all of those 3 movies 👍
The main bit of criticism I’m seeing is that the movie is ‘boring’. Made me fall asleep… my kid was restless… etc.
The trailer.. pretty accurately showed what the movie’s tone was? A romantic comedy?
Not once did I feel bored.
It's okay. Not an animated move that I will think about after it ends (at least in a good way), but definitely not a bad movie like the trailers made it out to be. This movie is totally deserving of a stream, but I can't endorse it as something you should watch in theaters as it's just not worth the cost.
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No matter how they try to show that the fire elements are discriminated against, they just keep showing that it is justified due to the fact that they are literal fire.
And Ember and Wade being able to touch because they "changed each other's chemistry" by touching once is extremely contrived and shows that they just couldn't find a way for them to physically touch without just declaring it. You can't use a throwaway line like "we changed our chemistry when we touched" to resolve your main plot point.
On your critique, normal elements also aren't sapient amorphous humanoids, so I'm willing to cut a little slack for the fundamental conceit of the film.
Though I do agree, some of the dialogue was excessive and very on the nose for no real reason. It's going to be self evident to the audience why Wade and Ember's relationship is a struggle.
And honestly, it didn't really need to be explained. We know Wade is a wimp (he can tough it out, when he cares, but he's kinda apathetic by default) and Ember CAN control her temper and thus her temperature . . . So the reason they can touch should really just be . . . because they accommodate each other.
They take care not to hurt each other.
Like in a relationship.
Heck, we even see that touching isn't trivial for them. Wade's body is visibly boiling when he holds Ember's hand. Wade can still be evaporated and Ember can still be snuffed out. It's not some love conquers all magic. It's just love.
Not only was the twist painfully predictable, it also makes no sense. The movie already established that elements can harm each other. Water extinguishes fire. Fire burns the earth people. Fire evaporates water. So can they only touch each other for a short period of time without hurting each other?
It feels way too long since we could say Disney made a movie that we can consider good.
Here’s hoping we can keep that going for a little longer with Wish
I saw elemental just a few days ago I honestly really like it. The romance was great. And the music was pretty good and it was pretty funny. I would give it an 7.5 out of 10. And I will defnietly say it got done dirty with the marketing.
Whoa, you and Shaff released the same Elemental review on the same day!
*I thoguht the movie was pretty damn good!!*
I thought it was pretty good too. I enjoyed it from start to finish.
Yeah, and Disney sure doesn't look like they care to do anything but double-down on the romance-adverse GurlBoss leads anytime soon with Snow White apparently being actively afraid of giving the Prince anything to do at all. It's really sad because tbh, a lot of people (myself included) like romance and yeah I DID aspire in part to have a partner one day. I wanted a career and hobbies too, but did wanting a happy, settled life with a partner mean I was suddenly antifeminist and outdated? I sure af hope not. But according to current Disney philosophy, I may as well be a TradWife for finding some personal fulfillment *with* someone else.
Bro, Imma get the blu-ray, dvd, digital copy, 4k, and director bundle😂 (even tho I don't own a 4k monitor
I'm watching every review of Elemental possible to figure out whether or not I just like the movie or love it because I watched it yesterday and already want to watch it again
Send help
I agree I miss Disney films which feature romance, there needs to be a few more like this film.
awesome review bro😁👍
I’m looking forward to seeing it. I always thought the discourse against the movie was stupid. I get annoyed when people make assumptions about movies before seeing them especially after seeing their trailers. Sometimes it can be warranted. *Cough* 2016 Ghostbusters! *Cough* But, at other times, it can be tedious and cringey.
Edit: I haven’t seen the 2016 Ghostbusters movie but the trailers for the movie always sucked.
I gotta be honest. I really hope they decide to make some kind of Disney Channel spin off or sequel series to this. I just saw this movie, and while recent Pixar movies have been okay to me, I have not had this much love for a Pixar story since the golden years of Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc, and Finding Nemo. I'm not even joking. I truly view this movie in the same light as those movies. You'd be surprised at how much I'm a sucker for animated love stories, which are my favorite kind of animated movies, and while what they did in this movie is cliche, it felt like something you'd never expect from a Pixar film. I've never really seen them handle romance in a similar fashion as the main Disney studio does with their movies, but wow, did the romance in this movie blow me away to the point i would really love to see a continuation of the story to see they're relationship grow.
They could even set the series within the months before they even have to leave Element City, but after seeing this movie I would just love to see these characters again.
I wanted to watch it but can't because no money. Am hoping it gets on disney+ and i get that
Yes....after a shaky start, Elemental is now doing rather well and has left many RUclips who jumped on it's apparent "failure" with ill-disguised glee with a lot of egg on their faces!
And it's Also an Improvement compared to the Previous Pixar Movie.
Waited until this movie came out on Disney plus to watch it dusa Disney promoting it so badly had to cuz this instantly became one of my favorite animated romances. There were some minor issues with the world-building but I think most of those minor issues could have been flushed out if the movies run time had been just a little bit longer to better explain a few things unfortunately that would have meant a bigger budget which there is no way Disney was going to give to this movie. Pros definitely outweigh the cons in this movie though.
I think the reason why people didn’t like Turning Red is because it focused too much on the realistic part in the story and less on the fantastical elements
I just saw the film and I thought it was great! A huge improvement compared to the disappointment that was Lightyear last year.
While I highly disagree, I’m highly interested to hear your opinions.